ABRAHAM – FACE TIME FROM HELL

NEW TESTAMENT ADVENTURES OF OLD TESTAMENT HEROES #1

Pastor Rick Jackson

LUKE 13:28-29

I know that most of you are aware that many Old Testament saints are mentioned in the New Testament. Many times, they are quoted, or, referred to in past tense, or, referred to in future tense as in our opening text. But there are several times that Old Testament heroes have New Testament adventures. Right off hand I can think of 4 but there may be more which will require further study. As the title indicates, the first message in this mini-series is about Abraham.

There are times when someone will call me on my cell phone using “face time” – that is, they can see me, and I can see them. During this pandemic, teachers have been skyping their students which is a form of face time. It can be done on phones, computers, tablets and various other devices but all of these new-fangled means are old hat when we see in Luke 16 when Abraham was “face timed” by the rich man. Abraham was in Heaven and the rich man was in Hell. The curtain was drawn back for us to get this glimpse of the generally unseen but very real supernatural locations by none other than the Lord Jesus Christ Himself.

I. GENERAL TRUTHS OF THE AFTERLIFE [Luke 16:19-26]

1. Inhabitants of both Heaven and Hell can See

2. Inhabitants of both Heaven and Hell can Speak

3. Inhabitants of both Heaven and Hell can Hear

4. Inhabitants of both Heaven and Hell can Reason

5. Inhabitants of both Heaven and Hell can Remember

6. Inhabitants of both Heaven and Hell can Recognize People they Never Knew

7. Inhabitants of both Heaven and Hell can Feel

II. ABRAHAM’S IMPRESSIVE KNOWLEDGE

1. He knew the Rich Man was Jewish [v. 25]

2. He Knew the Status of the Saved and the Lost [v. 25]

3. He Knew the “Rules” of the Afterlife [v. 26]

4. He Knew the Scriptures [v. 29]

5. He Knew Human Nature [v. 31]

III. TRUTHS WE MAY GLEAN

1. Death does NOT “End it all” [no annihilation, no soul-sleep

2. The Sin debt must be paid – either by Christ or the individual sinner

3. “There is a way to keep a man out of hell, but there is NO way to get a man OUT of hell.” - Walter Lewis Wilson, M.D.

4. We do not need to communicate with the dead- the Scriptures are sufficient [v. 31]

5. The Flames of Hell will not consume the resurrection bodies of the damned [v. 24, Rev. 19:20, 20:10]

6. Salvation is a “this life” situation [v. 26, Jn. 8:21] Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: whither I go, ye cannot come